Sr. Elastic Engineer

Socket.dev; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Socket.dev in Colorado Springs, CO is seeking a Sr. Elastic Engineer to design, deploy, and optimize Elastic Stack environments. You will build ingestion pipelines, dashboards, and automation to support scalable data observability across on-prem and cloud platforms.

Ideal candidates have hands-on Elastic Stack experience, scripting skills, and cloud knowledge (AWS/Azure/GCP). The role requires mentoring, strong communication, and willingness for on-site engagements in Colorado.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on expertise with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet).
• Strong scripting/automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Solid understanding of observability, logging, metrics, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing, deploying, and optimizing production-scale Elastic environments.
• Cloud knowledge across AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Ability to mentor and influence engineering teams on Elastic best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Elastic Stack environments (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet).
• Build and optimize ingestion pipelines, index strategies, queries, dashboards, automation workflows.
• Write scripts and integrations to streamline operations and monitoring.
• Deploy Elastic across on-premises, cloud, GovCloud, and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift).
• Leverage Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines to manage deployments.
• Integrate Elastic with SIEMs, Splunk, CrowdStrike, and telemetry sources.
• Monitor health, troubleshoot performance, and optimize reliability and scalability.
• Lead design reviews and share Elastic best practices across teams.
• Maintain architecture/runbooks/docs of deployment patterns.
• Stay current with Elastic features and certifications.

Skills

Elastic Stack

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Observability

Distributed systems

AWS

Azure

GCP

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

ECS is seeking a Sr. Elastic Engineer to work in our Colorado Springs, CO office. Please Note: This position is contingent upon additional funding.

Are you passionate about building and scaling Elastic environments and eager to make an immediate technical impact? Join ECS, a leading provider of cloud, AI, data, and enterprise transformation solutions. In this role, you will implement, optimize, and maintain Elastic Stack environments at scale while contributing to architecture, automation, and integrations that improve reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.

We are seeking a Sr. Elastic Engineer to join our Managed Security Services (MSSP) team. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Elastic Stack and enjoys designing, coding, and deploying complex systems. You will collaborate with engineering, DevOps, cloud, and client teams to deliver resilient, high-performance Elastic solutions while maintaining visibility into system health and operational workflows.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and maintain Elastic Stack environments, includingElasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, and Fleet.
• Build and optimize ingestion pipelines, index strategies, search queries, dashboards, and automation workflows.
• Write scripts, automation, and integrations (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.) to streamline operations, data processing, and monitoring.
• Deploy Elastic across platforms, includingon-premises, public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), GovCloud, and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift).
• Leverage automation and orchestration tools such asTerraform, Ansible, CI/CD pipelines, and Docker to manage deployments and operational tasks.
• Integrate Elastic with enterprise tools such asSIEMs, Splunk, CrowdStrike, and other telemetry sources.
• Monitor system health, troubleshoot performance issues, and optimize for reliability and scalability.
• Lead design reviews, provide guidance on Elastic best practices, and support knowledge sharing across teams.
• Maintain documentation for architectures, deployment patterns, runbooks, and operational best practices.
• Stay current with Elastic features, certifications, and emerging platform capabilities.

Salary Range: $170,000 - $230,000

General Description of Benefits

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on expertise with Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats, Fleet).
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, PowerShell, Bash, etc.).
• Solid understanding ofobservability, logging, metrics, and distributed systems.
• Experience designing, deploying, and optimizing production-scale Elastic environments.
• StrongLinux/Unix, networking, and cloud platform knowledge (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Ability to mentor, guide, and influence engineering teams on Elastic best practices.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness and ability to support domestic or international on-site engagements.
• U.S. Passport required.
• Must have a Secret Clearance, at minimum.
• Must be eligible to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance.